Possibility of matches/truthfulness

[Markos]

All my paper trail is based entirely on stories from my older relatives, and I have no idea on how many of my relatives have done a DNA (if any).

[sugarfizzle]

Markos, That's how we all (or most of us) start out, stories from older relatives which may or may not be true.

DNA will not provide instant answers, your best bet may be to try and find out more about your ancestors before undergoing DNA testing. It will not by itself produce a tree for you, though if research into Ukraine ancestry is particularly difficult it might be your only option.

Not many people know which of their family have tested, none of my close family had. I found 2nd and 3rd cousins as well as the many more distant cousins.

Regards Margaret

[Markos]

However, as far as I'm concerned, it's possible to keep your data in the database forever and thus wait for others to take a test, am I right?

[familydar]

Not sure about forever as we can't predict the future any more than we can travel backwards in time to quiz our ggggggf on when and where exactly he was born and who his parents were, but yes, it stays in the database unless you choose to remove it, so as time passes you will get more and more matches with people who have newly tested.

If you can afford it, and presumably you can or we wouldn't be having this conversation, I'd say it's a very worthwhile investment that keeps on giving.

Jane :-)

[Markos]

Thank you all for your advice!!!